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p 1959 A. H. SCHNEIDER 2,902,786

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Filed April 8, 1957 INVENTOR. ARTHUR H. SCHNEIDER BY W W ATTORNEY U S a Farm SIGN Arthur H. Schneider, Evergreen Park, Ill.

Application April 8, 1957, Serial No. 651,331

Claims. (Cl; 40 144 This invention relates in general to signs and in particular to detachable signs of individual or group letters carried by one or more support wires strung parallel to the ground between end supporting members.

A number of signs exist in the prior art employing parallel wire supports and many different forms of signs with attaching means are used with varying degree of merit for each one.

The objects of my invention are:

First; to provide individual or group letter signs prefabricated so any desired Wording can be obtained by attachment to one or more wire supports.

Second; to provide individual fastening means for each letter so they can be spaced at desired intervals on the supporting wires.

'llhird; to provide rigid portions on the signs where they contact the wire for greater strength and to minimize the elfect of whipping on the letters.

Fourth; to provide a flexible letter with rigid ends where they contact the supporting wires for elimination of damage to the letter by whipping of the signs.

Fifth; to provide a sign with rigid ends for engagement with supporting wires, a plurality of apertures in the ends and locking keys insertable through the apertures to engage the supporting wires to prevent endwise and disengaging movement of the sign on the wires.

Other objects and advantages as well as the construction and manner of use of my invention will be better understood by reference to the following specification in connection with the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is an isometric view of a number of signs constructed in accordance with my invention attached to a pair of spaced wire supports.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary, enlarged isometric view of the sign and its supporting means.

Fig. 3 is a similar view of a modified form of my sign.

Fig. 4 illustrates a further modified form of my invention.

Referring now to the drawing by numerals of reference, 1 and 2 designate a pair of spaced supporting members which may be wire or line of any suitable material, the ends of the supporting members being anchored in any well known manner.

In one form of my invention the body 3 of the signs may be made of any suitable flexible material such as paper, banner cloth, canvas, plastic or the like, the body 3 being provided with support engaging elements 4 of substantially U-shaped configuration preferably extending the full length of the top and bottom edges of the sign. In an alternate form shown in Fig. 4, the signs are strung on a single support 1 and weighted bottoms hold the signs in position.

A clamping flange 5 receives the end of the body 3 after it curves across the curved edge of element 4, and the body may be also afiixed to the element 4 by an adhesive and by suitably spaced staples 6.

In an alternate form of my invention the body of the Patented Sept. 8, 1959 2 sign as well as the support engaging elements 4 may be of a rigid material such as metal, plastic, fibre glass or the like, with indicia painted directly thereon or on panels 7 aflixed to the body 3' by an adhesive.

To attach the signs to the support members 1 and 2 I have provided spaced apertures 8 in the upper end lower edges of the signs through the support engaging elements. The support members 1 and 2 are accessible through these apertures and a locking member 9 in the form of a resilient clip is passed through each aperture and snapped on to the support members, there being sufficient tension in the locking member to prevent endwise movement of the sign on the support members and to prevent accidental removal of the sign from the support members.

From the foregoing it will be seen that a number of signs may be prepared in advance with single or multiple letters on each sign and when an order is received the proper letters or groups of letters may be taken from stock, brought to a job and installed with a minimum of time and effort. High winds will not affect the signs as much as would be true of large or long signs on a single background. Signs can be easily and quickly changed with a minimum of time and expense.

Obviously, changes in form, proportion and details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of my invention and I reserve all rights to such changes as come within the scope of these specifications and the claims which follow.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In combination with a supporting means, a removable sign comprising a body portion, U-shaped support engaging means on the body portion, an open edge along each U-shaped support engaging means for free engagement and disengagement of the removable sign with relation to the supporting means, apertures in the U-shaped engaging means providing access to the supporting means, and removable locking members receivable in each aperture and engaging the support means locking the sign against endwise movement on and against accidental removal from the support means.

2. In combination with a supporting means, a removable sign comprising a body portion, U-shaped support engaging means along the upper edge of the body portion, an open edge along each U-shaped support engaging means for free engagement and disengagement of the removable sign with relation to the supporting means, apertures in the U-shaped engaging means providing access to the supporting means, removable locking members receivable in each aperture and engaging the support means locking the sign against endwise movement on and against accidental removal from the support means, and a weighting means.

3. In combination with a support means, a removable sign comprising a body portion, U-shaped support engaging means along two opposite edges of the body portion, an open edge along each U-shaped support engaging means for free engagement and disengagement of the removable sign with relation to the supporting means, apertures in the U-shaped engaging means providing access to the supporting means, and a removable locking member receivable in each aperture and engaging the support means locking the sign against endwise movement on and against accidental removal from the support means.

4. In combination with a support means, a removable sign comprising a body portion of a flexible material, rigid U-shaped support engaging means on the body portion, an open edge along each U-shaped support engaging means for free engagement and disengagement of the removable sign with relation to the supporting means,

apertures in the U-shaped support engaging means providing access to the supporting means and a removable locking member receivable in each aperture and engaging the support means locking the sign against end- Wise movement on and against accidental removal from the support means.

5. In combination with a support means, a removable sign comprising a body portion of a flexible material, rigid U-shaped support engaging means along two opposite edges of the body portion, an open edge along each 10 U-shaped support engaging means for free engagement and disengagement of the removable sign with relation to the supporting means, apertures in the U-shaped engaging means providing access to the supporting means,

and a removable locking member in each aperture engaging the support means locking the sign against end- Wise movement on and against accidental removal from the support means.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,773,346 Collins Aug. 19, 1930 2,504,556 Luitjens Apr. 18, 1950 2,650,594 Heilman Sept. 1, 1953 FOREIGN PATENTS 843,351 Germany v July 7, 1952 

